Lindy Li, once a prominent Democratic fundraiser, contends that President Joe Biden is doing himself no favors by intending to clarify his decision to seek re-election in 2024 amidst growing concerns about his age and mental acuity.
Li asserts that Biden’s forthcoming memoir, “Promise Me, America,” is poised to unearth painful memories that Democrats have been trying to surpass ever since the disappointing showing in the 2024 elections.
In many respects, she perceives the book as a reflective microcosm of Biden’s tenure in office.
“People are thinking, ‘Why can’t you just stay quiet?’ Before I departed from the party, they wanted to distance themselves from him entirely. It got to the point that when Biden finally stepped down on July 21, there was a lack of farewell festivities, apart from a small gathering of staff in the Rose Garden. Absolutely nothing beyond that,” Li remarked.
“Jill has him authoring books that lack readership appeal instead of fully embracing retirement life,” Li added, referring to Jill Biden, the former First Lady.
“Just like she had him out running for president — a presidency that no one wanted, not even Democrats — instead of enjoying his retirement. He should have been in retirement 10, 20 years ago, but they need the money.”
Biden described his upcoming book in a post to X Wednesday morning.
“It’s about the challenges we face as a nation. About the decisions I made and why I made them,” Biden said, igniting mockery on social media. “It’s about why I chose to run for reelection and why I chose to step aside.”
“The first lie of Joe Biden’s book launch: ‘I’ve written a book,’” conservative communicator Steve Guest wrote.
“Joe Biden couldn’t sign his own pardons. Now he’s ‘written’ a book, which Democrats forced him to release after the midterms so he wouldn’t be in the news to remind people how bad he was,” wrote Outkick founder Clay Travis. “Who in the world is buying this book?”
“Who do we think wrote this book,” Daily Wire editor-in-chief Brent Scher wondered.
“Did the autopen write this too,” Missouri Republican Rep. Jason Smith questioned.
Li, who is publishing a new book of her own, “Unburdened,” later this year, was privy to many of the party’s internal discussions, research and panic behind the scenes, which indicated Biden enjoyed only shaky support even among his own camp long before he ultimately dropped out of the 2024 election.
In light of what she knows, Li doubts there is a way for Biden to spin his exit that won’t do further harm to his own image, an image his campaign went to great lengths to protect.
Li recalled how the Biden campaign confiscated her phone at a 2023 event.
“The [Democratic National Committee] was routinely confiscating the phones of top donors with social media followings,” Li said, referring to a party fundraising and campaign group.
“They took away my phone because they knew I was a prolific tweeter. And I posted something on Instagram that night, and a finance director from the DNC called me at around 10 or 11 that same night to instruct me to delete everything from Instagram about Biden that I posted that day.
“The reason is because [Biden] seemed infirm. He seemed weak.”
Now on this side of his presidency, Li believes he will further aggravate Democrats who have wanted to move past the 2024 election and reignite questions of why Biden wasn’t asked to step aside sooner.
“It’s very clear they were trying to hide the fact that instead of having a candidate they could be proud of, they were busy hiding a candidate that they were deeply ashamed of,” she added.
Fox News’ Ashley DiMella contributed to this report